Combination bed and davenport



Jan. 12, 1965 1. c. POSKIN 3,164,849

COMBINATION BED AND DAVENPORT Filed Oct. 23, 1962 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 Jan.12, 1965 l. c. POSKIN COMBINATION BED AND DAVENPORT 5 Sheets-Sheet 3Filed Oct. 25, 1962 all'lllllvlill Ifk l\\\\\\. c r L 0 :2

United States Pat n '0 p 3,164,849 CUMBINATKON BED AND DAVENPORT IrvinC. Poskin, 1828 /2 S. Robertson Blvd, LosAngeles 35, Calif.

' Filed Oct. 23, 1962, Ser. No. 232,444 Claims. or. 5-41 dering itmovable out from a wall to a position for being.

inspected from all sides. Said track is an adjunct to the davenport andis automatically picked up thereby when the davenport is moved back toits normal position by a wall.

The track provided by this invention renders the wheelsupporteddavenport more freely movable across a floor and protects from wear thefloor or itscovering.

Additional objects, advantages and features of invention willhereinafter appear.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, illustrative of a preferred,reduced to practice embodiment of the invention, r

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the complete device, showing it adjustedto the davenport position, a portion of the cushion being broken out toshow underlying structure.

FIG. 2 is an elevation looking at the back side of the device positionedas shown in FIG. 1 ,the scale beingsomewhat enlarged.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the device; showing it adjusted to bedformingposition.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged cross-section showing the swingable back in itsup-swung position, together with adjacent structure, the plane ofsection being on line i-4 of FIG.

2, parts being omitted to simplify the view.

FIG. 5 is a sectional detail, on line 5-5 of FlGz 2, illustrating thefootoperable release whichis operated when the device is changed froma-davenport toabed, or from a bed to a davenport. I y p r j 7 FIG. 6 isa plan ofthe device adjusted to the davenport position with thedavenport moved out from a wall, disclosing the track which forms partof thedevice. In this view the cushions-bed springs and davenpor-tbackare omitted.

. ,FIG. 7 is a sectional end elevation showing the device adjusted tothe davenport forming position. FIG. 8; is a fragmental elevationillustratingone of roller carrying feet and itsrelation to a supportingtrack. FIG. 9 is a section on line 99 of-FIG. 8. FIG. 10 is afragmentary perspective illustrating-the foot operable means forreleasing the davenport back. I

1 FIG. 11 is an end view of thedevice, partly in elevation and partly insection, moved out from a wall and 3 adjusted to bed forming position. t

FIG. 12is anenlarged fragmentary sectional vie'w on line 12+12 of FIG.-11, illustratingthe catch which main FIG. 15 is; a perspective viewillustrating the handlecarrying rod of the lock release means which,when de- -sired, can be usedinstead of the foot-operablerelease,

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Referring in detail to the drawings, the body portionof the davenportcomprises a basal, rectangular, skeletal frame having, spaced forwardlyfrom its rear side, an additional side beam 21. Mounting blocks 22 forparts hereinafter described, are secured between said member 21 and theadjacent rear side 20x (see FIG. 7) of the frame 20. Each end portion ofsaid davenport frame is also rectangular, and comprises a horizontal topmember 24, horizontal basal member 25, L-shaped in cross-section, andupstanding front and rear members 26 and 27. Also, across the lowerportion of each end frame extends a mounting and reinforcing member 29.

In an upwardly spaced relation to the tubular pivot 66 about which itswings the davenport back 30 has swingably attached to each of its endportions by means of a pin 31a, a strap metal leg- 31 which closelyoverlies its back surface when not in use, butwith which is combined aswingably mounted link 32 which causes the leg to swing out to theoperative position whenthe device is adjusted to the bed formingposition, shown in FIG. 11; The inner end portion of each of the links32 is swingably attached by a pin 32a to a fastening plate 33 secured tothe frame member 271 This structure is shown and described in my PatentNo. 2,636,187, and separately considered, forms no part of the presentinvention.

A rectangular track member 35 underlies the davenport when it ispositioned close to a wall. This member comprises two angle iron trackrails 36 joined rearwardly by an angle iron 37,1 and forwardlyiby anangle bar 38. To said bar is attached a pair of'forwardly directed, up'wardly inclined fingers 39.... With these fingers co-operates alongitudinally eXtendingpick-up rod 40 carried at its ends-by brackets40bmounted on transverse members' ill which extend from front to rear ofthe lower portion of thedavenport. c a

The forwardly and, rearwardly. extending angle iron track rails 38 aresupportedby the basal angle iron rails 37' and 38. The rear basal rail37has a basal flange 37:: with its width-extending horizontally. A foot37 which is welded to each end portion of said flange 37a, normallysupportssaid-rail 37' slightly spaced above the floor, One

flangeSSa-of the frontfbasal rail 38.has its width extend- I 'U-shapedclips 42x which are welded or otherwisesecured I V .tains the devicein'the davenport forming position.

' on'which the rear portion of the structure is movable toportion of Icaster 420.

ing vertically, with its lower edge at timesengaging the floor, thusefliciently preventing the track-from sliding uponthe floor. Thelowerrear portion of the davenport is provided nearleach of its ends with acaster42 anda pairof; casters-42a. 1 The caster 42travels aleng theupper surface ofljthe lower raill flange 3 6, and the ca sters 42aengage the" inner, side, of. the vertical flange'of the rail to keep thestructure of -which it forms apart from being laterally displaced from'that side. Each front corner the davenport carries -a large.floorengaging The track structure" is preferably provided at its rear'side with a pair of buffer. carrying arms 42b, which preventthetrack'from'being moved too close to a wall.

The casters 42a (see FIGS. 8 and 9) arecarried by to angular brackets42y havinghorizontal flanges. secured by screws to the basal portionofthe davenport! As typically illustrated inFIG. 9 each of the fourupstanding track ears 44 is beveled at 44;; automaticallyl'to directeach locking pin into the aperture of the ear at the proper time.

When the, davenport is 7 near each'rear corner, attached to theaforesaid track by means of a locking pin 43 which co-operates with witha' cross-.wall46, Around each pin, is loosely coiled V a compr ession',spring 47 which acts between said eross:

H Patented an. 12, I965 positionedtnear'a wall it is,

wall and a collar 43c carried by the pin 43 to urge the pin towardlocking position. The means for manually retracting said pin from itslocking position comprises a wire rod 50 .(FIG. 6) having one endaxially secured to the pin, and its opposite end fastened to one end ofa lever or link 51 (see lower part of FIG. 2 the mid-length portion ofwhich is secured to a manually turnable shaft 52.. Said shaft 52, inturn, is secured to the mid-length portion of a primary lever 53 (see"FIG. 13). One end of this lever has fastened to it an upstanding 'pullrod 54, the upper end of which is connected with a yoke 55. A block 56secured to the adjacent portion of the frame, is positioned to form astop for the swinging movement of said lever 53. Said yoke 55 isfurnished with a handle portion 57, which is grasped by the operator andpulled upwardly to operate the .pin releasing mechanism just described,thus to release the track from the davenport preparatory to pulling thelatter out from the wall.

When the davenport is moved forwardly to limit of its traveltheaforesaid pins/t3 interlock with apertured cars 44:: upstanding from thefront portions of the track rails, to releasably lock the track to thedavenport, so as to maintain the latter stationary in the desired bedforming position.

A foot operable means is provided to release the davenport back, thismeans comprising an L-shaped pedal member 60 the vertical limb 61 ofwhich extends slidably through the already mentioned lower crosspiece 25of the davenport. A flexible connection 62 connects said limb 61 withone arm 63 of a rockable rod 64 of a rectangular U shape, which isswingably mounted upon the crosspiece 29 of the davenport frame. To theother arm 63a of said rockable member is connected a wire pull rod 68which is, in turn, connected to a pin 69 (FIGS. and which projectsrightangularly from a shaft 70 which is carried by bearing members 71and 72.

Said pull rod 68 extends .slidably through a tubular bearing pin 66,which co-operates with a bearing pin (not shown) at the opposite side ofthe structure, swingably to mount the davenport back.

Dual means having parts in common are provided for releasing the back ofthe davenport. One of these comprises aforesaid manually turnable shaft76 mounted upon the back and extending thereacross adjacent thereto.This shaft is shown in FIGS. 2 and 15 provided at'its upper end with arightangularly projecting handle 70a, which, together with the parts itoperates, is shown and described in my Patent No."2,51;5,261, theseparts also being described hereinafter. q

The already mentioned casters 42 and 42c support the davenport framewith its basal portion spaced sufliciently above the floor to provideroom for operating the pedal 60 shown in FIG. 10 with its upstandingpartextending slidably through the horizontalportion of the frame member 25.

By preference. and as shown in FIG. 2,'the present embodiment of theinvention is provided with manually operable release means some featuresof which are shown in my said Patent No. 2,997,340.. This release meanscomprises, in addition to the already mentioned shaft 70, a cross lever75 (see FIGS. 2 and 12) to one end of which is connected a wire pull rod76, and to the opposite end of which is connecteda wire pull rod 77,both these rods functioning in a similar manner. Thesefrods arerespectively provided with tension springs 78a and 77a. Each of theserods is secured to the free end portion of a locking dog 78. Said dogswings about a pivot 79 and is of a bell-crank shape, a compressionspring 80 being me'ans'for releasing Fthe davenport back for downswingprovided to urge'it toward locking position, Said dog ing, shown in FIG.2 and described in my Patent NG 2,636,187, the aforesaid shaft isprovided with an ad ditional cross-lever 85, having its end portionsconnected with rods 86 and 87 and connected to twin locking devices 83.

A sturdy mounting of the swingable back 30 results from the tubularpivot 66 extending through an end piece 30a of the back and also througha block 30b secured to said end piece as shown in FIG. 10.

Operation.Assuming the device to be located near a wall in the davenportposition shown in FIG. 1, when it is desired to change to the bedforming position the operator pulls upwardly on the 'U-shaped member 57shown in the break in FIG. 1, thus pulling the track supporting pins 43(see FIG. 9) to the release position. Then the davenport will be pulledout from the wall, the rear casters 42 and 42a travelling to the frontend of the track while the front casters 420 travel on the floor, thedavenport being thus moved far enough from the wall to allow it to beconverted into a bed.

When, owing to moving the davenport away from the wall, the locking pins45 reach the front track ears 44a they glide over the beveled portionsof said ears into the apertures of the ears and releasably lock thedavenport to the track so that, after it has been converted into a bedit remains stationary in the desired position.

When the davenport is moved back nearly to its original position thepick-up rod 40 (see FIGS. 11 and 13) passes under the upwardly deflectedfront end portions of fingers 39, and at the same time, as the davenportconcludes its rearward movement, the spring loaded pins 43 (see FIG. 9)glide over. the beveled portions 44x of the rear clips 44 and then enterthe apertures provided for them in said clips, making a stable, dualconnection of the track with the davenport.

So far as I am aware the aforesaid track structure and the manuallyoperable release means associated therewith is basically novel and maybe advantageously applied to various bed and davenport structures besidethat which has been illustrated and described.

Although a preferred embodiment of the invention has been illustratedand described, yet it is to be understood that changes therein, withinthe scope of the claims may be made without departing from the spirit ofthe invention.

I claim:

1. The combination, with a combined davenport and bed having a swingableback adjustable from an upstanding to a downswung position, andfront andrear casters; of a track member which, when the davenport back is in anupstanding position normally underlies the davenport with said rearcasters engaging the rear portion of said track, track attaching meanswhich at such time releasably connect both the'front and rear portion ofsaid track member with the davenport, and manually operable meanscarried by;the davenport andoperable to release the; rear portion ofsaid track therefrom, the front portion of the davenport being slidablyrelated to said track member so that, after said manually operable trackrelease means has been-operated the davenport may be moved forwardlyover said track-till said rear casters reach its front portion, whilesaid track member remains stationary upon' a fioor. 4 i

2. The subject matter ofj claim' l, and the means whereby the davenportis slidably related to the front portion of saidtra ck comprisingupwardly inclined fingers projecting forwardly from the front portion ofthe track,

and a horizontal rod carried by the davenport and normally underlyingsaid fingers. 70

3. In an article of furniture of the kind described, a frame having abasal portion, a front pair and a. rear pair of casters carried by saidbasal frame portion, a

track member: underlying said basal'frame portion and normally: attachedthereto, said'track member comprising a rail along each side'in anoperative relation to one or the other of the casters of said rear pair,an apertured 5 ear u standing from each end portion of each of saidrails, and spring loaded'manually releasable locking pins being at alltimes located forwardly of said track mern her in a position to travelalong a floor upon which the track member rests.

5. In an article of furniture of the kind described, a frame having abasal portion, a front and rear pair of casters carried by said basalframe portion, a track member normally underlying said basal frameportion in an attached relation thereto, said track member comprising arail along each side in an operative relation to one or the other of thecasters of said rear pair, an apertured ear upstanding from the rear endportion of each of said rails, spring loaded manually releasable lockingpins carried by the rear portion of said basal frame portion, said earshaving beveled portions adjacentto their apertures automatically toguide said pins into a locked relation to said apertures wheneversaidrear casters move along said track rearwardly to the limit oftheirtravel, and a horizontal pickup rod carried by the front part ofsaid basal frame, said track member having at its front end forwardlydirected upwardly inclined fingers under 7 which said rod glides whenthe caster carrying member approaches the limit of its rearward travel;

References Qited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 614,377 11/98Evans 5--55 1,078,908 11/13 Fischrupp 5'55 1,081,590 12/13 Dylie 5551,224,982 5/17 Washeim; 1 I 1,270,384 6/18 Davis 5-55 2,210,421 V 8/40Martin 538 2,438,127 7 3/48 Poskin 5-38 2,494,105 1/50 Poskin 5382,539,103 1/51 Robinson 518 2,636,187 4/53 Poskin 5-38 2,997,340 8/61Poslcin 297361 v FRANK B. SHERRY, Primary Examiner.

1. THE COMBINATION, WITH A COMBINED DAVENPORT AND BED HAVING A SWINGABLE BACK ADJUSTABLE FROM AN UPSTANDING TO A DOWNSWUNG POSITION, AND FRONT AND REAR CASTERS; OF A TRACK MEMBER WHICH, WHEN THE DAVENPORT BACK IS IN AN UPSTANDING POSITION NORMALLY UNDERLIES THE DAVENPORT WITH SAID REAR CASTERS ENGAGING THE REAR PORTION OF SAID TRACK, TRACK ATTACHING MEANS WHICH AT SUCH TIME RELEASABLY CONNECTED BOTH THE FRONT AND REAR PORTION OF SAID TRACK MMBER WITH THE DAVENPORT, AND MANUALLY OPERABLE MEANS CARRIED BY THE DAVENPORT AND OPERABLE TO RELEASE THE REAR PORTION OF EACH TRACK THEREFROM, THE FRONT PORTION OF THE DAVENPORT BEING SLIDABLY RELATED TO SAID TRACK MEMBER SO THAT, AFTER SAID MANUALLY OPERABLE TRACK RELEASE MEANS HAS BEEN OPERATED THE DAVENPORT MAY BE MOVED FORWARDLY OVER SAID TRACK TILL SAID REAR CASTERS REACH ITS FRONT PORTION, WHILE SAID TRACK MEMBER REMAINS STATIONARY UPON A FLOOR. 